President Barack Obama is having lunch today with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sparking speculation about whether they’re meeting to discuss current events or 2016.

Mrs. Clinton has yet to declare whether she’ll run for president in 2016 but another confidante of Mr. Obama—Vice President Joe Biden—has indicated he might want to jump in.

All of which could put Mr. Obama in an awkward position: Does he support Mrs. Clinton, his well-traveled former secretary of state and his main rival for the Democratic nomination in 2008 , or Mr. Biden, his close ally during two terms in office?

Also on Monday, Mr. Obama is meeting with civil rights leaders and other officials to discuss strengthening the Voting Rights Act and “safeguarding every eligible American’s right to vote,” the White House said in the president’s daily schedule. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez will also be at the meeting.

The meeting comes a month after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, nullified a core provision of the Voting Rights Act. That ruling sparked criticism from the left that it would lead to greater voter suppression. Mr. Obama, at the time, said he was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling and said it “upsets decades of well-established practices that help make sure voting is fair, especially in places where voting discrimination has been historically prevalent.” Mr. Holder announced a strategy last week to retain some oversight of state’s election procedures.

Both the lunch with Mrs. Clinton and meeting with civil rights leaders are closed to the press.

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